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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)BETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.

Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1,901 Seung-wan Ryoo $90,498,430 1 $90,498,430
1,902 Paul Bernbaum $90,476,480 3 $30,158,827
1,903 Jeffrey Reddick $90,420,801 4 $22,605,200
1,904 J. Mackye Gruber $90,396,664 1 $90,396,664
1,905 Frank Miller $90,353,240 3 $30,117,747
1,906 Gary David Goldberg $90,216,888 3 $30,072,296
1,907 Bruce Neibaur $90,000,000 1 $90,000,000
1,908 Jimmy Warden $89,966,573 2 $44,983,287
1,909 David Nicholls $89,810,201 3 $29,936,734
1,910 David Schmidt $89,809,433 1 $89,809,433
1,911 Bryce McGuire $89,773,137 3 $29,924,379
1,912 Steve Shibuya $89,758,389 1 $89,758,389
1,913 Cat Kwan $89,569,657 1 $89,569,657
1,914 Rick Ramage $89,441,732 1 $89,441,732
1,915 Tom Lazarus $89,441,732 1 $89,441,732
1,916 Francis Goodrich $89,325,780 1 $89,325,780
1,917 Alex Convery $89,198,083 1 $89,198,083
1,918 Dilip Shukla $89,182,116 2 $44,591,058
1,919 T.M. Griffin $88,933,562 1 $88,933,562
1,920 Craig Borten $88,899,334 3 $29,633,111
1,921 Farhan Akhtar $88,834,652 3 $29,611,551
1,922 Billy Bob Thornton $88,750,454 5 $17,750,091
1,923 Isabelle Sobelman $88,611,837 1 $88,611,837
1,924 John Irving $88,547,209 1 $88,547,209
1,925 Heather Hach $88,473,016 1 $88,473,016
1,926 Jacob Aaron Estes $88,269,014 3 $29,423,005
1,927 Jake Wade Wall $88,071,081 3 $29,357,027
1,928 Tyger Williams $88,009,693 2 $44,004,847
1,929 Paul Harris Boardman $87,956,618 2 $43,978,309
1,930 Milt Banta $87,400,000 1 $87,400,000
1,931 Winston Hibler $87,400,000 1 $87,400,000
1,932 Lewis John Carlino $87,257,412 3 $29,085,804
1,933 Stacey Menear $87,189,278 2 $43,594,639
1,934 Pete Jones $87,173,475 4 $21,793,369
1,935 Mark Schwahn $87,053,213 2 $43,526,607
1,936 Lee Gi-cheol $86,960,532 1 $86,960,532
1,937 Shawn Christensen $86,656,610 3 $28,885,537
1,938 Brent McCorkle $86,564,700 2 $43,282,350
1,939 Vince McKewin $86,523,833 2 $43,261,917
1,940 Barry Jenkins $86,405,028 5 $17,281,006
1,941 Gregory Poirier $86,281,846 6 $14,380,308
1,942 Mike Binder $86,278,709 5 $17,255,742
1,943 Stephen Chin $86,234,503 1 $86,234,503
1,944 John Quaintance $86,161,063 3 $28,720,354
1,945 Luke Dawson $86,141,736 3 $28,713,912
1,946 Ian Morris $86,051,320 1 $86,051,320
1,947 Damon Beesley $86,051,320 1 $86,051,320
1,948 James R. Webb $85,918,429 6 $14,319,738
1,949 Michael Palin $85,883,025 5 $17,176,605
1,950 Todd Graff $85,878,751 5 $17,175,750
1,951 Derek Cianfrance $85,859,421 3 $28,619,807
1,952 Karan Johar $85,723,010 3 $28,574,337
1,953 Liang Xuan $85,717,566 1 $85,717,566
1,954 Patrick Cirillo $85,632,458 1 $85,632,458
1,955 Mitchell Kapner $85,527,867 1 $85,527,867
1,956 Carl Ellsworth $85,503,254 2 $42,751,627
1,957 Jesse L. Lasky $85,431,454 1 $85,431,454
1,958 Jack Gariss $85,431,454 1 $85,431,454
1,959 Fredric M. Frank $85,431,454 1 $85,431,454
1,960 Guillaume Canet $85,408,864 3 $28,469,621
1,961 Roger Kumble $85,322,217 4 $21,330,554
1,962 Karl Tunberg $85,239,461 4 $21,309,865
1,963 Ben Chandler $85,210,012 1 $85,210,012
1,964 David James Kelly $85,210,012 1 $85,210,012
1,965 Jim Jarmusch $85,017,124 9 $9,446,347
1,966 Wolfgang Petersen $84,970,337 1 $84,970,337
1,967 Prakash Kapadia $84,788,714 3 $28,262,905
1,968 Jeff Filgo $84,530,915 2 $42,265,458
1,969 Jackie Filgo $84,530,915 2 $42,265,458
1,970 Robert Harris $84,407,556 2 $42,203,778
1,971 Atsuhiro Tomioka $84,372,182 1 $84,372,182
1,972 Takashi Otsuka $84,372,182 1 $84,372,182
1,973 Thomas Meehan $84,301,992 3 $28,100,664
1,974 Webb Smith $84,300,000 1 $84,300,000
1,975 Joseph Sabo $84,300,000 1 $84,300,000
1,976 William Cottrell $84,300,000 2 $42,150,000
1,977 Otto Englander $84,300,000 1 $84,300,000
1,978 Aurelius Battaglia $84,300,000 1 $84,300,000
1,979 Kim Hwang-sung $84,164,386 1 $84,164,386
1,980 Kim Young-seok $84,164,386 1 $84,164,386
1,981 Lee Hwan-kyung $84,164,386 1 $84,164,386
1,982 Michael Wilson $83,686,158 2 $41,843,079
1,983 Alexandre Aja $83,682,684 4 $20,920,671
1,984 Gregory Levasseur $83,682,684 3 $27,894,228
1,985 Ben Ramsey $83,584,828 2 $41,792,414
1,986 Greg Russo $83,508,259 2 $41,754,130
1,987 R Lee Fleming Jr $83,325,781 3 $27,775,260
1,988 Dennis McNicholas $83,268,115 2 $41,634,058
1,989 Paul Hernandez $83,109,359 1 $83,109,359
1,990 Paul Mazursky $82,928,245 6 $13,821,374
1,991 Erik Stolhanske $82,881,830 5 $16,576,366
1,992 Kevin Heffernan $82,881,830 5 $16,576,366
1,993 Steve Lemme $82,881,830 5 $16,576,366
1,994 Paul Soter $82,881,830 6 $13,813,638
1,995 Jay Chandrasekhar $82,881,830 5 $16,576,366
1,996 Aaron Latham $82,879,345 3 $27,626,448
1,997 Carol Sobieski $82,879,199 3 $27,626,400
1,998 Buck Henry $82,841,701 6 $13,806,950
1,999 Michael Cooney $82,827,789 2 $41,413,895
2,000 Steve Mallory $82,822,236 2 $41,411,118

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.